EP1627859B1 - Transfer apparatus for transferring glass articles - Google Patents

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EP1627859B1
EP1627859B1 EP05107443A EP05107443A EP1627859B1 EP 1627859 B1 EP1627859 B1 EP 1627859B1 EP 05107443 A EP05107443 A EP 05107443A EP 05107443 A EP05107443 A EP 05107443A EP 1627859 B1 EP1627859 B1 EP 1627859B1
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Gianclaudio Borsarelli
Paolo Gianti
Carlo Sesia
Bruno Viada
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B9/00—Blowing glass; Production of hollow glass articles
    • C03B9/30—Details of blowing glass; Use of materials for the moulds
    • C03B9/44—Means for discharging combined with glass-blowing machines, e.g. take-outs
    • C03B9/453—Means for pushing newly formed glass articles onto a conveyor, e.g. sweep-out mechanisms; Dead-plate mechanisms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/82—Rotary or reciprocating members for direct action on articles or materials, e.g. pushers, rakes, shovels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0235—Containers
    • B65G2201/0244—Bottles

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  • the present invention relates to a transfer unit for transferring glass articles.
  • hollow glass articles are formed in aligned, adjacent molds, and, once molded, are extracted from the respective molds and placed on a supporting surface, from which they are subsequently transferred onto a linear conveyor which feeds them successively to an output of the system.
  • the glass articles are transferred from the supporting surface to the linear conveyor by means of transfer units, each of which comprises a pickup member for engaging one or more articles to be transferred; a pneumatic linear actuator for moving the pickup member horizontally to and from the glass articles; and an angular actuator, normally defined by an electric motor, for rotating the linear actuator and the pickup member, about a vertical hinge axis, between a pickup position, to pick the articles off the supporting surface, and a release position, to release the articles onto the linear conveyor.
  • transfer units each of which comprises a pickup member for engaging one or more articles to be transferred; a pneumatic linear actuator for moving the pickup member horizontally to and from the glass articles; and an angular actuator, normally defined by an electric motor, for rotating the linear actuator and the pickup member, about a vertical hinge axis, between a pickup position, to pick the articles off the supporting surface, and a release position, to release the articles onto the linear conveyor.
  • known transfer units invariably comprise at least one pneumatic actuator located above the surface supporting the articles for transfer, adjacent to the articles themselves, and therefore operating in a hot environment, so that the units call for continual, constant routine maintenance.
  • EP-A- 1 577 271 From EP 1 571 130 A2 , WO 2005/085145 , EP-A- 1 577 271 , EP-A-1 577 272 and DE 10 2004 007 507 assemblies for moving the pick up member and comprising a single articulated arm and at least a pair of electric motors are known.
  • a transfer unit for transferring glass articles from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor as claimed in Claim 1.
  • Number 1 in Figures 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a transfer unit for transferring glass articles 2 from a fixed supporting surface P to a belt conveyor 4 ( Figure 3 ) for conveying articles 2 in a direction A to an output of the molding system (not shown) on which articles 2 are molded.
  • Transfer unit 1 comprises a fixed supporting frame 6 extending beneath supporting surface P; a known pickup and moving member 7 for engaging articles 2 for transfer; and an actuating device 7a for activating pickup member 7.
  • Device 7a comprises a single articulated arm 8 interposed between pickup member 7 and frame 6, and in turn comprising only two hollow elongated portions 9 and 10. Portions 9 and 10 extend parallel to and over supporting surface P, and are connected to each other by a hinge 11 to rotate, with respect to each other, about a movable hinge axis 12 perpendicular to surface P.
  • portion 9 comprises an end portion 13, opposite the end portion hinged to portion 10, from which projects downwards a tubular pin 14 connected integrally to end portion 13, and connected to frame 6 by a known hinge 15, not described in detail, to rotate in axially-fixed manner about a fixed hinge axis 16 coincident with the axis of pin 14 and perpendicular to surface P.
  • arm 8 opposite the end hinged to frame 6 is fitted with pickup member 7, a projecting arm of which is connected by a known hinge 18 to an end portion of portion 10, opposite the end portion hinged to portion 9, to rotate in axially-fixed manner about a movable hinge axis 19 parallel to axes 12 and 16.
  • the distance between axes 12 and 16 equals the distance between axes 12 and 19, whereas, in a variation not shown, said distances differ.
  • Member 7 is moved by means of two separate, independent, powered actuating assemblies 22 and 23 forming part of device 7a.
  • Assembly 22 in use, rotates portion 9 about axis 16 with respect to frame 6, extends entirely beneath supporting surface P, and comprises an electric motor reducer 25 connected to frame 6 with its output shaft 26 parallel to axis 16.
  • Assembly 22 also comprises two meshing gears 27 and 28, of which gear 27 is fitted to shaft 26 of motor reducer 25, and gear 28 is fitted to pin 14 coaxially with axis 16.
  • Assembly 23 rotates portion 10 and pickup member 7 about axes 12 and 19, and comprises an electric motor reducer 30 fitted to frame 6, coaxially with axis 16 and adjacent to motor 25; and two gear trains 31 and 32 housed inside portions 9 and 10 respectively.
  • Portions 9 and 10 are hollow portions closed on top by respective covers 9a and 10a (only shown partly in Figure 1 ) to mechanically protect the respective gear trains inside.
  • gear train 31 comprises an input gear 33 fitted to the output shaft of motor reducer 30; an intermediate transmission gear 34; and an output gear 35 connected integrally to portion 10 and coaxial with axis 12.
  • a pin 36 connected integrally to portion 9 and coaxial with axis 12, is fitted with an input gear or pinion 38 of gear train 32, which also comprises an intermediate gear 39, and an output gear 40 connected integrally to the arm of pickup member 7 and coaxial with axis 19.
  • Gear train 32 provides for maintaining the arm of pickup member 7 aligned with the axis through axes 16 and 19 and parallel to surface P.
  • Motors 25 and 30 are connected electrically to a known control unit 42, which controls motors 25 and 30 independently to move pickup member 7 between a withdrawn rest position (shown in Figure 2 ), and a forward release position (shown by the dash line in Figure 3 ) via a pickup position (shown by the continuous line in Figure 3 ) in which articles 2 are picked off supporting surface P.
  • a known control unit 42 which controls motors 25 and 30 independently to move pickup member 7 between a withdrawn rest position (shown in Figure 2 ), and a forward release position (shown by the dash line in Figure 3 ) via a pickup position (shown by the continuous line in Figure 3 ) in which articles 2 are picked off supporting surface P.
  • axis 16 extends between axis 19 and articles 2 for pickup ( Figure 2 ), and axis 12 is located on the opposite side of axis 19 to conveyor 4.
  • transfer unit 1 as described is straightforward constructionwise and extremely compact, mainly due to arm 8 comprising only two mutually hinged portions, and to the portions themselves fully housing the transmission parts extending above the supporting surface.
  • pickup and transfer member 7 can be set to a number of different, freely selectable pickup and release positions, thus obtaining a pickup and transfer unit which is adaptable not only to the size of articles 2 for transfer, but also to the arrangement of articles 2 both on the supporting surface and on carry-off conveyor 4.
  • unit 1 provides for dispensing with dedicated pickup and moving units, until now indispensable in certain transfer conditions, as, for example, when forming two parallel lines of articles on the conveyor.
  • articles 2 can be transferred from the pickup area to the release area along variable trajectories, as opposed to compulsory, i.e. circular, trajectories as in known solutions.
  • This provides for improving the stability and preventing detachment of the transferred articles, but above all for eliminating devices (e.g. air jets, etc.) normally required to hold the transferred articles on the pickup and moving member, i.e. to counteract the spin effect, thus simplifying and reducing the cost of the system.
  • Electric motors solves any problems posed, as in known solutions, by the use of pressurized operating fluids; and, being located beneath supporting surface P of articles 2, the electric motors operate in a much cooler environment than above the supporting surface, thus improving the reliability and extending the working life of the motors.

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Abstract

In a transfer unit (1) for transferring glass articles (2) from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor, a pickup member (7), for engaging the articles (2) for transfer, is moved between a pickup position and a release position by an actuating device (7a) having a single articulated arm (8), and two electric motors activated independently to move the pickup member (7) with respect to the articulated arm (8), and to move different portions (9) (10) of the articulated arm (8) with respect to one another.

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  • The present invention relates to a transfer unit for transferring glass articles.
  • As is known, hollow glass articles are formed in aligned, adjacent molds, and, once molded, are extracted from the respective molds and placed on a supporting surface, from which they are subsequently transferred onto a linear conveyor which feeds them successively to an output of the system.
  • The glass articles are transferred from the supporting surface to the linear conveyor by means of transfer units, each of which comprises a pickup member for engaging one or more articles to be transferred; a pneumatic linear actuator for moving the pickup member horizontally to and from the glass articles; and an angular actuator, normally defined by an electric motor, for rotating the linear actuator and the pickup member, about a vertical hinge axis, between a pickup position, to pick the articles off the supporting surface, and a release position, to release the articles onto the linear conveyor.
  • With the increase in the output rate of molding systems, known transfer units of the type described above have proved increasingly unsatisfactory and unreliable. This is mainly due to the presence of pneumatic actuators, which fail to provide for precise, repeat control of the position and travelling trajectory of the pickup member, which is essential for preventing damage to the articles, particularly when, again for reasons of output rate, the articles must be transferred at relatively high speed onto the conveyor to form two parallel lines of articles. Unlike single-file positioning, two-line positioning on the conveyor belt calls for at least one dedicated transfer unit differing in size and construction from the other units.
  • Regardless of construction characteristics, known transfer units invariably comprise at least one pneumatic actuator located above the surface supporting the articles for transfer, adjacent to the articles themselves, and therefore operating in a hot environment, so that the units call for continual, constant routine maintenance.
  • From EP 1 571 130 A2 , WO 2005/085145 , EP-A- 1 577 271 , EP-A-1 577 272 and DE 10 2004 007 507 assemblies for moving the pick up member and comprising a single articulated arm and at least a pair of electric motors are known.
  • These documents belong to the state of the art in the sense of Article 54(3) E.P.C. EP 0 879 795 A2 discloses a glassware sweep out mechanism.
  • It is an object of the present invention to provide a transfer unit designed to provide a straightforward, low-cost solution to the above problems, and which, at the same time, is compact and cheap and easy to produce.
  • According to the present invention, there is provided a transfer unit for transferring glass articles from a supporting surface to a carry-off conveyor; as claimed in Claim 1.
  • A non-limiting embodiment of the invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
    • Figure 1 shows a side view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the transfer unit according to the present invention;
    • Figures 2 and 3 show plan views of the Figure 1 unit in two different operating positions.
  • Number 1 in Figures 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a transfer unit for transferring glass articles 2 from a fixed supporting surface P to a belt conveyor 4 (Figure 3) for conveying articles 2 in a direction A to an output of the molding system (not shown) on which articles 2 are molded.
  • Transfer unit 1 comprises a fixed supporting frame 6 extending beneath supporting surface P; a known pickup and moving member 7 for engaging articles 2 for transfer; and an actuating device 7a for activating pickup member 7. Device 7a comprises a single articulated arm 8 interposed between pickup member 7 and frame 6, and in turn comprising only two hollow elongated portions 9 and 10. Portions 9 and 10 extend parallel to and over supporting surface P, and are connected to each other by a hinge 11 to rotate, with respect to each other, about a movable hinge axis 12 perpendicular to surface P. With reference to Figure 1, portion 9 comprises an end portion 13, opposite the end portion hinged to portion 10, from which projects downwards a tubular pin 14 connected integrally to end portion 13, and connected to frame 6 by a known hinge 15, not described in detail, to rotate in axially-fixed manner about a fixed hinge axis 16 coincident with the axis of pin 14 and perpendicular to surface P.
  • The end of arm 8 opposite the end hinged to frame 6 is fitted with pickup member 7, a projecting arm of which is connected by a known hinge 18 to an end portion of portion 10, opposite the end portion hinged to portion 9, to rotate in axially-fixed manner about a movable hinge axis 19 parallel to axes 12 and 16.
  • In the embodiment described, the distance between axes 12 and 16 equals the distance between axes 12 and 19, whereas, in a variation not shown, said distances differ.
  • Member 7 is moved by means of two separate, independent, powered actuating assemblies 22 and 23 forming part of device 7a. Assembly 22, in use, rotates portion 9 about axis 16 with respect to frame 6, extends entirely beneath supporting surface P, and comprises an electric motor reducer 25 connected to frame 6 with its output shaft 26 parallel to axis 16. Assembly 22 also comprises two meshing gears 27 and 28, of which gear 27 is fitted to shaft 26 of motor reducer 25, and gear 28 is fitted to pin 14 coaxially with axis 16.
  • Assembly 23 rotates portion 10 and pickup member 7 about axes 12 and 19, and comprises an electric motor reducer 30 fitted to frame 6, coaxially with axis 16 and adjacent to motor 25; and two gear trains 31 and 32 housed inside portions 9 and 10 respectively. Portions 9 and 10 are hollow portions closed on top by respective covers 9a and 10a (only shown partly in Figure 1) to mechanically protect the respective gear trains inside. In the embodiment shown, gear train 31 comprises an input gear 33 fitted to the output shaft of motor reducer 30; an intermediate transmission gear 34; and an output gear 35 connected integrally to portion 10 and coaxial with axis 12. A pin 36, connected integrally to portion 9 and coaxial with axis 12, is fitted with an input gear or pinion 38 of gear train 32, which also comprises an intermediate gear 39, and an output gear 40 connected integrally to the arm of pickup member 7 and coaxial with axis 19. Gear train 32 provides for maintaining the arm of pickup member 7 aligned with the axis through axes 16 and 19 and parallel to surface P.
  • Motors 25 and 30 are connected electrically to a known control unit 42, which controls motors 25 and 30 independently to move pickup member 7 between a withdrawn rest position (shown in Figure 2), and a forward release position (shown by the dash line in Figure 3) via a pickup position (shown by the continuous line in Figure 3) in which articles 2 are picked off supporting surface P. When the pickup member is in the rest position, axis 16 extends between axis 19 and articles 2 for pickup (Figure 2), and axis 12 is located on the opposite side of axis 19 to conveyor 4.
  • As will be clear from the foregoing description, using a single articulated arm, transfer unit 1 as described is straightforward constructionwise and extremely compact, mainly due to arm 8 comprising only two mutually hinged portions, and to the portions themselves fully housing the transmission parts extending above the supporting surface. Using two independent motors for rotating different portions of arm 8, pickup and transfer member 7 can be set to a number of different, freely selectable pickup and release positions, thus obtaining a pickup and transfer unit which is adaptable not only to the size of articles 2 for transfer, but also to the arrangement of articles 2 both on the supporting surface and on carry-off conveyor 4. From the organization and maintenance standpoint, unit 1 provides for dispensing with dedicated pickup and moving units, until now indispensable in certain transfer conditions, as, for example, when forming two parallel lines of articles on the conveyor.
  • Moreover, using a single articulated arm and independent motors and transmissions, articles 2 can be transferred from the pickup area to the release area along variable trajectories, as opposed to compulsory, i.e. circular, trajectories as in known solutions. This provides for improving the stability and preventing detachment of the transferred articles, but above all for eliminating devices (e.g. air jets, etc.) normally required to hold the transferred articles on the pickup and moving member, i.e. to counteract the spin effect, thus simplifying and reducing the cost of the system. Using electric motors solves any problems posed, as in known solutions, by the use of pressurized operating fluids; and, being located beneath supporting surface P of articles 2, the electric motors operate in a much cooler environment than above the supporting surface, thus improving the reliability and extending the working life of the motors.

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  1. A transfer unit (1) for transferring glass articles (2) from a supporting surface (P) to a carry-off conveyor in a horizontal direction; the unit (1) comprising a fixed support (6), a pickup member (7) for engaging the articles (2) for transfer, and actuating means (7a) for activating said pickup member (7); said actuating means (7a) comprising a single articulated arm (8), in turn comprising a first elongated portion (9) hinged to said fixed support (6) to rotate about a fixed hinge axis (16) perpendicular to the supporting surface (P), and an only one second elongated portion (10) connected to the first elongated portion (9) to rotate about a first movable hinge axis (12) perpendicular to the supporting surface (P), and to said pickup member (7) to rotate with respect to the pickup member (7) about a second movable hinge axis (19) also perpendicular to the supporting surface (P); electric actuating means (25, 30, 42, 22, 23) being provided to rotate said first and said second elongated portion (9) (10) and said pickup member (7) about said axes; said electric actuating means comprise a first (25) and a second (30) electric motor both connected to the fixed support (6), and control means (42) for controlling said electric motors (25) (30) independently of each other; said electric actuating means also comprising a first mechanical transmission (27, 28) driven by said first electric motor (25) to rotate said first elongated portion (9) about said fixed hinge axis (16); and a second mechanical transmission (31, 32) driven by said second electric motor (30) to rotate the first and second elongated portions (9) (10) with respect to each other about said first movable hinge axis (12), and to rotate said pickup member (7) with respect to said second portion (10) about said second movable hinge axis (19); said first (27,28) and second mechanical transmission (31,32) comprising respective gears directly meshing together.
  2. A unit as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that said electric motors (25)(30) are located beneath said supporting surface (P).
  3. A unit as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that said electric motors (25) (30) are located adjacent to each other.
  4. A unit as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that said second mechanical transmission (31) (32) is housed entirely in said articulated arm (8).
  5. A unit as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that said first mechanical transmission (27, 28) is located beneath said supporting surface (P).
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